B42C BOOKBINDING (cutting or perforating machines, devices or tools B26; folding sheets or webs B31F; ornamenting books B44)
Introduced: September 1968
Description
B42C covers machines, apparatus, and processes for binding books and similar documents, including stitching, sewing, gluing, and casing operations. This subclass encompasses equipment for collating sheets, folding signatures, assembling gathered sections, and attaching covers to form bound volumes. It includes both manual and automated bookbinding machinery, as well as techniques for reinforcing spines and edges. Related finishing operations such as trimming and edge decoration are included when integral to the binding process.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: BOOKBINDING
CPC: BOOKBINDING (cutting or perforating machines, devices or tools B26; folding sheets or webs B31F; ornamenting books B44)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
BOOKBINDING
BOOKBINDING (cutting or perforating machines, devices or tools B26; folding sheets or webs B31F; ornamenting books B44)
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 11 subcodes exist in both systems.
3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B42C 1/00 Collating or gathering sheets combined with processes for permanently attaching together sheets or signatures or for interposing inserts (collating or gathering sheets or signatures without permanently attaching them together B65H39/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B42C 13/00 Bookbinding presses (general features of presses B30B); Joint-creasing equipment for bookbinding; Drying or setting devices for books +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B42C 5/00 Preparing the edges or backs of leaves or signatures for binding IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B42C 7/00 Manufacturing bookbinding cases or covers of loose-leaf binders (book covers B42D3/00) +8 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B42C 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B42,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY DE 898
- BUNDESDRUCKEREI DE 865
- DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL GB 810
- SICPA HOLDING CH 784
- DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 634
- TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 486
- TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY JP 411
- G&D (GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) DE 398
- CCL SECURE AU 334
- NATIONAL PRINTING BUREAU 313
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B42,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SICPA HOLDING CH 1,317
- GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY DE 949
- BUNDESDRUCKEREI DE 881
- DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL GB 870
- TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY JP 455
- G&D (GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) DE 421
- CCL SECURE AU 343
- OVD KINEGRAM CH 308
- OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE FR 251
- CRANE COMPANY US 204